They dated from 1996 to 2009, and she was his manager for some of that time too.

We’re definitely a team" (viaThe Cinemaholic).

Of course, the year after, he and Bock split.

Ty Pennington with his arm around Andrea Bock in 2007

Pennington finally cleared things up in an Instagram comment from June 2021.

Later that same year,Pennington and his now-wife Kellee Merrellgot engaged and then married.

They initially met a year after Pennington and Bock split, meeting again a decade later in 2020.

Ty Pennington and Kellee Merrell smiling in an outdoor selfie

“Luckily our paths finally crossed at the right time,” Pennington said.

“It’s one of those things where you just feel happy being around a person.

I never thought I would get married, but she changed that.

Glad I waited for the one.”